With Bethesda recently announcing 'Wolfenstein: The Old Blood', Gaming Historian looks back at the history of the Wolfenstein franchise.
Many people think the series started in 1992 with id Software's 'Wolfenstein 3D', but did you know it began a full decade earlier back in 1981?
Part 1 talks about the game's beginnings on the Apple II, as well as the creation of 'Wolfenstein 3D'.

The pair have had to dramatically downsize their studio since the money dried up – but they're determined to keep on coding to the bitter end

Id Software is celebrating 35 years and teasing new offerings in press release.

Employees at Doom studio id Software have voted in favour of union representation with the Communications Workers of America (CWA).
I hope the devs can break away from MS and take their IP's with them in the not to distant future. This entire consolidation and mass industry firings that MS has spearheaded has been nothing but a disaster for everyone except the already rich creatively bankrupt tw@ts at Microsoft.
MS is nothing but a drain on the entire gaming industry and every facet of it.
Good for them. With AI coming for their jobs and their new corporate overlords working overtime to replace them, it’s a smart move.
It won't be long before Microsoft lays off everyone in gaming and routes that money over into AI.
Time for everyone at Xbox to update the resume and start coming up with Indie game pitches.
The point of unionizing is collective bargaining. Sadly, I do not believe they have any leverage, which is likely why Microsoft isn't impeding them: The investment in AI is gargantuan. We're talking about a data center in Wisconsin that's about 200 city blocks. That is massive and insane.
I had both the original Castle Wolfenstein and Beyond Castle Wolfenstein. The thing that stuck out most was the primitive speech synthesis which was very rare on 8-bit computers. The games themselves were rather primitive even by the standards of the day.
glad i joined the club.. my first wolf game was The New Order..
I'm a huge BJ Blazkowicz fan now.. made sure I included the second name. . ^_^
My first Wolfenstein was Wolfenstein 3D in 1993.